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H. YW. BENTON,'OF LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Letters Paten.: No. 66,285,@zaad Jtzy 2, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADLES FOR 'POURING METAL.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COBIQERN: i

Beit known that I, H. W. BENTON, of Lebanon, Grafton county, NewHampshire, have invented a' new and useful Improvement in Ladles;" and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactJdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of ythis specification.

t The present invention relates to. ladles, more particularly of thatclass of ladles used for the pouring of metals in casting and theinvention consists in hanging to the top of the ladle, across which itextends, a guard ot' suitable form, that, while allowing the metal topass or pour out, will holdbackand retain the dross, skimming it fromthe surface of the melted metal as the'metal is poured. In theaccompanying plate of drawings myl improvement'in ladles is illustrated-Figure 1 being a top or plan view of the ladle, and v Figure 2 atransverse vertical section taken in the plane of the line :r w, fig. 1.

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A, in the drawings, represents a ladle, such as is-used for the purposeof pouring metals incasting. B the handle to Vthe ladle. The ladle onits upper edge C is notched at two points D, directly opposite leachother, to receive the trunnion pins E, of a guard, F, made of a crescentshape, and which guard, whenhung iu the notches D, is across the top ofthe ladle, and acts, when the ladle is properly tipped up for pouring,to skiin and remove the dross from the surface'of the metal as it passesout of the ladle,the metal passing vthrough the space H between the edgeG o f the guard and the portion I of the top of the ladle.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationwith a ladle of a guard or skimmer, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 26th day ofFebruary, 1867.

H. w. BENTON.

Witnesses:

E. J. DURANT, O. D. HILDRETH.

